fill up our cup: vol. ii, entry seven

our five year anniversary is coming up. a happy and amazing accomplishment. and yet, this past week has been one of the more frustrating & flustering we’ve had in quite some time. this blog reflects much of our relationship, in that the more posts you see the happier time we’re having, because the more time we’ve been able to spend together. with moonbeam on split shifts and nights and my 9-5 with a few odd jobs, this last week felt like we’ve had no time to slow down & enjoy each other’s company. moonbeam joked that she knows she’s been busy because she can’t remember the last time she went to havesttime, (our grocery store, which is usually a daily visit). yet through all the chaos, she and i pulled an hour and a half together and found time for just the two of us. we ate at glaze, an old lakeview favorite of ours. and walked the streets we used to live on, reminding of us how far we’ve come and how everything is constantly changing. we stopped at new bakery for croissants & cookies to tide us over for the walk to home depot, laughing and holding hands along the way. we walked away with two new friends, a devils vine & fiddle leaf fig tree, both of which being something we’ve been wanting for years. and then we called a car, she went back to work & i bought everything home. it’s been hard this week. but yesterday was a much needed reminder that often the mini-dates are just as important as the longer ones and that love isn’t a cup that you fill up. it’s a plant that you water. (you can see most of this on our insta-story)